Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
09-13-2007, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 110
Views: 842
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
07-16-2007, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 348
Views: 1,503
Re: Venetian CEO Poker Tournament Main Event Furor
This is typical of the prevailing attitude among tournament organizers today that tournament prize pools are fair game for them to grab as much as possible. If tournament players don't take a stand,...
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
07-03-2007, 07:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 47
Re: WSOP Day 3
Thanks for the comments. I was going to write more reports, but this WSOP is just too draining. I'll put together some stuff after it's over and I get a chance to recover. There are lots of problems...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
06-26-2007, 03:16 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 154
Re: Amarillo Slim, on drugs?
Whatever he might or might not have done, Slim is the most entertaining person I've ever played with. There aren't many of these old-timers left, but most of them were very amusing. The Southern boys...
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Forum: Other Gambling Games
06-23-2007, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 92
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
06-07-2007, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 72
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
06-04-2007, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 47
WSOP Day 3
Funeral for a Friend
I skipped the $1,500 pot-limit event to go to a memorial service for Richie Klamian, a long-time Las Vegas sports bettor and poker player, who passed away far too young last...
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
06-03-2007, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 54
WSOP Updates
I'm not going to do in-depth tournament reports like I have in years past, but I am doing daily blurbs for All In magazine. They can be found at:
http://www.lasvegasadvisor.com/allinwsop.cfm
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
06-01-2007, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 229
WSOP Sign-up Blues
I went down tonight to sign up for tomorrow's event. The cage in the tournament room wasn't open. They sent me to the main cage. When I got there I saw 5 cashiers standing there doing nothing....
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
05-31-2007, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 92
Views: 367
Re: Daniel Negreanu is WRONG!
I think you are living in a dreamworld. Do you think if you expose your cards your opponent is going to tell you what he has? Lets be realistic.
The impact will be minimal. At first it will be...
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Forum: Tournament Circuit/WSOP
05-31-2007, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 530
What is Harrah\'s Thinking?
I think it’s safe to say that the poker boom of the past few years took everyone by surprise. What’s even more surprising to me is that there hasn’t been a 60 Minutes-type piece on the dark side of...
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Forum: Golf
05-16-2007, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 146
Re: World Series of Golf
Most of the Rhett Butler jokes got used up on the first tee. Frankly, I didn't give a damn. This should be great TV. It will be on NBC next month.
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Forum: Golf
05-15-2007, 11:44 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 146
World Series of Golf
Quick note on the WSOG. I’ll write an in-depth report later in the week. I played my heart out but didn’t win my first round, eliminating me from the event. Rhett Butler, who took 5th at the WSOP ME...
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Forum: Sporting Events
03-30-2007, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 47
Re: World Series of Golf
I haven't tried playing ot limit, but no limit works great. The problem with playing NL in a normal group is that someone might get broke too quick and be out of the game. For TV it works because it...
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Forum: Sporting Events
03-30-2007, 03:32 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 47
Re: World Series of Golf
Hey Dominic,
I met the girl in your avatar in Palm Springs in the late '70s. She had been a Cars groupie and was walking around pregnant with no where to go.
Stay in touch.
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Forum: Sporting Events
03-29-2007, 08:39 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 47
World Series of Golf
In early 2006 I met a guy at my country club, Canyon Gate in Las Vegas, named Ken Maul. He knew I was a poker player and told me of a concept he and another member named John Slitz had been working...
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Forum: Other Gambling Games
03-28-2007, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 40
World Series of Golf
In early 2006 I met a guy at my country club, Canyon Gate in Las Vegas, named Ken Maul. He knew I was a poker player and told me of a concept he and another member named John Slitz had been working...
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Forum: Other Gambling Games
02-22-2007, 02:02 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 183
Re: UB elimination blackjack
There's a $200 event Saturday night with a 25k guarantee. Should be a nice overlay because that is the first day of the Commerce main event and many poker players who play in it won't be available.
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Forum: Beginners Questions
02-09-2007, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 53
Cheating in Poker
I was on a panel yesterday at the World Game Protection Conference. The subject was Cheating in Poker. Anthony Curtis was the moderator and on the panel with me were Sal Piacente, who is an expert in...
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Forum: EDF
02-09-2007, 02:29 AM
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Replies: 351
Views: 4,800
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
01-31-2007, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 256
Views: 1,010
Re: Phil Ivey Gossip
The point of all this is that there are at least 3 different golf arenas:
1) The professional or scratch arena where there are no handicaps and all the rules and traditions of golf apply.
2)...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
01-31-2007, 01:32 AM
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Replies: 256
Views: 1,010
Re: Phil Ivey Gossip
Lots of amateur tournaments, including most country club events, have some kind of entry fee and prize money.For instance, one I used to play each year at PGA West was an invitational event put on by...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
01-30-2007, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 256
Views: 1,010
Re: Phil Ivey Gossip
I said then and I still say I like Ivey. It was 10k a hole, which makes a difference.
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
01-30-2007, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 256
Views: 1,010
Re: Phil Ivey Gossip
I knew I’d get raised:)
Some more thoughts on golf gambling:
It seems to me that many posters in this thread are confusing golf with golf gambling. I love golf and would play without...
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Forum: News, Views, and Gossip
01-30-2007, 06:17 PM
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Replies: 256
Views: 1,010
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